PICA Board

Under the PICA Act, the Authority is administered by a governing Board consisting of five voting members and two ex-officio non-voting members. The Governor, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives each appoints one voting member of the Board. Each Board member serves at the pleasure of his or her appointing authority for a two-year term.

The Secretary of the Budget of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Director of Finance of the City of Philadelphia serve as ex-officio members of the Board. The ex-officio members have no voting rights, are not counted for purposes of establishing a quorum and may designate in writing a representative of their respective offices to attend Board meetings on their behalf.

The present members of the PICA Board are as follows:

MS. SUZANNE BIEMILLERMs. Biemiller was appointed to the PICA Board by Governor Wolf. Ms. Biemiller currently is the Chief of Staff at the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), where she reads strategic planning and implementation work and chairs the organization’s senior executive team. Prior to joining ABIM, Ms. Biemiller served in the Administration of Mayor Michael Nutter in a variety of roles, most recently as First Deputy Chief of Staff. During her tenure, Ms. Biemiller led the Administration’s efforts to sell the Philadelphia Gas Works; oversaw the Mayor’s long-range planning and policy development office; and worked on major projects such as PhillyStat, The Philadelphia Land Bank and Philadelphia’s anti-poverty strategy, “Shared Prosperity.” Suzanne also played an instrumental role in creating Greenworks Philadelphia, the Mayor’s award-winning sustainable strategy. Prior to joining Mayor Nutter’s Administration, Ms. Biemiller worked for the The Pew Charitable Trusts as a senior program officer.

MR. MICHAEL A. KARPMr. Karp was first appointed to serve as a member of the Board by the Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2000 and has been reappointed to the Board upon expiration of each term of office. His prior government service includes service as a member of the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia. He is the founder of University City Housing and is active in the civic affairs of the University City community in West Philadelphia. Mr. Karp was reappointed to the Board in 2015.

MR. JOSEPH M. MCCOLGAN
Mr.McColgan was appointed to serve as a member of the Board by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate in 2015. Mr. McColgan has twenty-year’s experience working for “Wall Street” firms and is currently a Regional Vice President/Investment Advisory Representative for the largest privately held Registered Investment Advisor in the United States. He earned an undergraduate degree and MBA from Villanova University, served as an officer in the United States Navy and currently is the Co-Chair of the Development Committee for Prevent Child Abuse Pennsylvania, a non-profit whose mission is preventing the abuse and neglect of all children in Pennsylvania before it happens.

MR. GREGORY S. ROSTMr. Rost was appointed to serve as a member of the Board by the Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives in 2011. He is Vice President and Chief of Staff to the President at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Rost was reappointed to the Board in 2015.